My friend was just in a sociology experiment at a library where some guy asked my friend to watch his stuff while he went to the bathroom. Then another guy came up and stole guy1's ipod. My friend ran the guy down only to be told he was a part of a social experiment. After checking to make sure this wasn't some elaborate ploy to actually steal my friends stuff, my friend was told that he was only the second person to chase the guy down.
So my question is, are we inherently bad or inherently good? Is there more good or bad in the USA?
We are sliding toward the bad at a rapid pace.
God, whether or not it exists, gives us a moral compass. God has effectively been removed from just about everything now. While it is possible to make up a moral compass, most people just can't sustain that without some consequence for being bad or for being good.
Our natural instinct is for our own survival and for our own happiness. So without some inner guide, we will do what makes us happy. Many times, what makes us happy is having stuff. Earning that stuff isn't fun, so if it can be avoided...........it is.
Most people, without some sort of consequence-bound reason will behave in bad fashion for a multitude of reasons, but basically, because it makes us momentarily feel good.
So now our culture says God can't be talked about, babies may be aborted if their presence would inconvenience us, we can lie to win in politics or get a job and it's okay......... the list goes on and increases daily.
Our lack of moral compass will destroy us.